Car-seat.



No. 69l,373. Patented Ian. 2|, I902.

H. S. HALE.

CAR SEAT.

(Application filed Feb. 23, 1901. (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

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N0. 69I,373. Patented Ian. 2|, I902.

H. s. HALE.

GAR SEAT.

- {Application filed Feb. 23, 1901.)

(NoModeL) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

UNiTED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S. HALE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-S EAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,373, dated January 21,

Application filed February 23, 1901. Serial No. 48,443. (No modelr) To all whom it may concern:-

.Be it known that I, HENRY S. HALE, of the city and county of Philadelphia. and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Oar-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to car-seats; and it consists of certain improvements which are fully set forth in the following specification and shown in .the accompanying drawings A part of my invention relates to the'means for automatically rocking a foot-rest to shift its position when the seat-back is shifted.

It is one of the objects of my invention to provide simple and efficient means for automatically effecting the shifting of the footrest in a car-seat in which the'seat-back-shifting arms consist of two members independently pivoted at their endsto the seat-frame and seat-back in such a wayas to automatically reverse the seat-back in the act of shifting it.

It is also one of the objects of my invention to provide a simple and efficient construction for simultaneously effecting the shifting of the seat-cushion and the rocking of the footrest with the shifting and reversal of the seatback. 7

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a'transverse vertlcal sectional view. of a car-seat embodying my invention, taken on the line was of Fig."

3. Fig. 2 is a plan view of one .of the end frames of the seat-cushion. Fig. 3 is a' rear elevation of the car-seat, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of part of the shifting and footrest-operating mechanism.

a a are the usual stationa ry frames,to which the back shifting and reversing side arms are pivoted. In the construction shown each of these side arms consists of two parallel mem-- bers b c, pivoted at their lower ends to the frames a a. or to a plate or frame n, carried thereby, and at their upper ends to the seatback or to a plate or frame 0, carried thereby. The members 12 c'overlap at one end, so that the upper and lower pivots of each member are located on opposite sides of the central line, and when the seat-back is shifted it is automatically turned or rotated on the upper pivots of the'side arms. This construction is well known.

(I d are the frames which carry the seat- Fig.1..

As shoWn,the extensionj is provided cushion and are supported and guided on the usual supports 6 e. e

fis a foot-rest forming part of a rocking foot-reststructure suit-ably supported below the seat-cushion. AS'SllOWI], the foot-rest structure consists of arms 9 g, carried by a rock-shaft h, j'ournaled in the side frames at a, and the foot-rest bar f, carried by the arms g g. Power is transmitted from'one of the members of the side arms to the foot-rest structure, so that the f oot-rest will be rocked from one side to theother when the side arms are shifted. As'shown' in the drawings, the lower end of each side arm 0 carriesa toothed segment 70,, carried by the rock-shaft h, the arrangement of the segments being such that the outer teethare in engagement when the'footrest is thrown tothe rear and the side arms are in either extreme position, as shown in pivots the segments 1' will move the segments k and rock the foot-restfto the other side of the seat, which by the shifting 'of the seatback. becomes the rear. The foot-rest is thus always at portion of the seat is open to afford space for storing baggage. v

For the purpose of shifting the seat-cushion frames d d I employ an extension j on each arm 6, engaging the adjacent side frame, so that when the arms I) are rocked on their pivots the frames d (Z will be shifted in their guides e e. with a lugorpinl, engagingarecessmin the frame (1.

The details of construction may be varied without departing from the invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure 'toothed segments carried by said foot-rest structure and directly engaging the toothed segments of the side arms, whereby the rocking of the side arms on their pivots will effect the rocking of the foot-rest structure.

2. In a car-seat, the combination of rocking side arms each consisting of two members independently pivoted at their lower ends, a

t', which engages a toothed segment As the side arms'are rocked on their therear of' the seat, and the frontwhen the seat-back'is shifted anism consisting of a rocking side arm 'piv-' seat-back pivoted to the upper ends of said members, a toothed segment carried by the lower end of one of the members of each side arm,a rocking foot-rest structure,and toothed segments carried by said foot-rest structure and directly engaging the toothed segments of the side arm members.

3. In a car-seat, the foot-rest-shifting mechoted at its lower end and carrying a toothed segment i, and a rocking foot-rest structure carrying a toothed segment 75 directly engaging said segmentz'.

4. In a car-seat, the foot-rest-shifting mechanism consisting of a rocking side arm'pivoted at the lower end and carrying a toothed segment 1', a rock-shaft, a toothed segment it segment, a rocking foot-rest structure,

toothed segments carried by said rocking footrest structure and directly engaging the toothed segments on the members of the side arms, a connection between the other member of each side arm and the seat-cushion cushion frames aresupported and guided in their' movements, a rocking foot-rest structure, rocking side arms, each consisting of two members independently pivoted at theirlower ends, aseat-back pivoted to the upper ends of the members of said side arms, and power-transmitting connections between one member of each side arm and the seat-cushion frames and between the other member of each side arm and the' foot-rest structure, whereby the seat-cushion frames are shifted by one of the members of the side arms and the foot rest structure is rocked simultaneously therewith by the other member of said side arms with the shifting and reversal of the seat-back. j I I In testimony of which inven Lion I have hereunto setmy hand. w

" HENRY S. HALE.

W.itnes ses:

I ARTHUR BOSWELL,

ALVIN MEAD. 

